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Established: As an independent agency by an act of August 13,
1946 (60 Stat. 1049).

Functions: Heard and determined claims against the United States
on behalf of any tribe, band, or other identifiable group of
American Indians residing in the United States and filed within 5
years of the passage of the establishing act.

Abolished: Effective September 30, 1978, by an act of October 8,
1976 (90 Stat. 1990).

Related Records: Record copies of publications of the Indian
Claims Commission in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.
Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46.
Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, RG 48.
Records of the Bureau of Land Management, RG 49.
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75.
Records of the U.S. Court of Claims, RG 123.

Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
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